AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2265 



Q. You haven't fished very much ou the American coast, have you ! 

 A. No, sir. Well, at times I have. 



Q. But you didn't fish there'so persistently as you have fished in the 

 bay? A. No. 



Q. How often have you been on the American coast ? A. One whole 

 season, and probably six or seven other seasons, part of the season. 



Q. That would be one trip a season ? A. A number of trips on our 

 own coast. Perhaps eight or ten trips. 



Q. Well, you seem to have preferred bay fishing, and during your ex- 

 perience you came every year? A. No; I was sent there. We have 

 such a number of vessels for the bay, such a number for our own shores, 

 and such a number for the Grand Bank. 



Q. Your owners preferred to send you to the bay ? A. They gen- 

 erally sent those best acquainted ; those that fished there most. Some 

 skippers have never been there. 



Q. They preferred sending you to the bay rather than on your coast ! 

 A. Yes. 



Q. Can you remember the seasons between 1860 and 1872 ? A. No ; 

 nothing reliable. I could remember some circumstances, perhaps. 



Q. But you cannot remember sufficiently accurately to give the Com- 

 mission any information upon which to rely? A. I was in a vessel from 

 Kockport, the Ellen and Mary. 



Q. You don't remember the year ? A. No. 



Q. Do you remember how much you got? A. 120 barrels for the 

 year. 



Q. That was a poor catch ? A. Yes. 



Q. Very poor, wasn't it ? A. Yes. 



Q. Is that the poorest you ever made ? A. No. 



Q. What is the poorest ? A. Forty barrels. 



Q. What year ? A. 1 have known plenty get less than that. 



Q. But was 120 the poorest you made, or was it a fair average ? A. 

 It was a little poorer than every year. 



<^. It was a little poorer than the average of years ? A. Yes. 



Q. Would I be correct iu putting the average at 140 barrels f A. Yes, 

 I should say so. 



Q. You have fished generally at the Magdalens and Bradley and Or- 

 phan Bank ? A. Yes. 



Q. You have not fished in Bay Cbaleurs much ? A. No. 



Q. I don't think I heard you mention it ? A. I have been there try- 

 ing. I never caught any fish. 



Q. How often have you been trying? A. Three times. 



Q. You have never made it a rendezvous f A. No ; I was driven out 

 the last time. The cutter drove me out, and I have never been there 

 since. 



Q. Three times you have been in, and once you were driven out. The 

 other twice did you fish within three miles ? A. No. 



Q. Are you quite sure ? A. No. 



Q. Then you caught no fish ? A. Very few; 7 or 8 barrels. 



Q. What year were you driven out f A. I would not pretend to say. 

 I think it was somewhere about 1867, or along there. 



Q. Did you take a license at all ? A. No. 



Q. No years ? A. One year. 



Q. Which year ? A. When I was in the Ellen and Mary. ^ 



Q. You can't remember the year you took a license ? A. No. 



Q. Have you ever fished along Prince Edward Island shore to any 

 extent ? A. No. 



